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March 24, 2026

Police blotter: Burglary at Wal-Mart

First-degree burglary

Updated: Jesus restaurant reopens after fire damage

Jesus restaurant is open for business after a brief shutdown caused by minor damage from an accidental fire. 

Police seeking more victims in teacher molestation case

Following a recent revelation in court that Paradise Valley Elementary School teacher John Loyd is now suspected of sexually assaulting four children, Morgan Hill police are seeking anyone who might have had inappropriate contact with the suspect over the years. The Morgan Hill Police Department...

Young men to stand trial for drive-by

The two young men accused of carrying out a drive-by shooting

One arrested after ATM heists

Two men stole a cash machine from a Morgan Hill gas station,

City and Police response to sex suit

Police Chief Scot Smithee and Mayor Roland Velasco responded Friday to a suit that alleges members of the department had sex parties, exposed themselves in front of minors and harassed a female employee who wouldn't take part in the activities and warned others about them.

FBI agents raid Lewis Street home

FBI agents and Gilroy Police Department officers raided a home on the 200 block of Lewis Street Thursday morning and arrested a 42-year-old man, police said.

Owner of 9Lives Club in Gilroy pleads no contest to embezzlement, grand theft

The former executive director of the Morgan Hill Downtown Association pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that he embezzled funds from the nonprofit organization while he was employed there.

Police catch theft suspect with automatic license plate reader

Morgan Hill police used an automated device that can read thousands of license plates in an hour to catch one suspect who allegedly tried to avoid paying his vehicle registration. 

Brush fire contained near Roop and Leavesley roads

About 20 acres of vegetation burned in the area of Roop and Leavesley roads as of about 2:45 p.m. on Monday, June 29. The fire was reported contained at that time.  No structures were burned or threatened by the blaze, and no injuries were reported. The fire appears to have been on private property, although Santa Clara County’s Coyote Lake-Harvey Bear Ranch County Park is nearby. The cause of the fire is unknown, according to Jim Crawford, CAL FIRE Battalion Chief.  

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